The fall -out from the country’s forex crisis hit the streets with irate drivers queuing up for fuel at petrol stations as the country’s diesel pumps ran dry. In several locations including Colombo, Negombo, Nugegoda and Kohuwela people held...
· A parliamentary election to break the political quagmire?
· Rapid rise in witch hunt of government critics
By Lankathilaka
The government is on the horns of a dilemma. The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam conveyed the party’s...
• Opposition slams Basil for avoiding Parliament and enumerating the financial situation in detail
• Cabraal deeply perturbed over Basil’s mission to the IMF, tweets it has nothing to do with restructuring
Sri Lankans are reeling after being hit by multiple...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s interview with Bloomberg news last week was cathartic. He admitted he is a failed President, that the country should have gone to the International Monetary Fund six months to one year earlier and the difficulties of...
Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka from India at the end of the week with confirmation of a USD 1 billion credit line. Speaking to reporters on his return, a fidgety Rajapakse playing with his shirt pocket...
• President and TNA talk about new constitution, political prisoners and land grab
• BASL joins the fray
• UNP, the latest to jump on political party protest bandwagon
With the country’s worsening economic situation begins to bite, Sri Lankans have started...
Political patchwork may not work with visibly angry masses
News of the PM’s resignation triggered some hope with crackers in the countryside welcoming the ridding of the senior politician in the government
Gotabaya Rajapakse is fighting to keep his...
• Condemnation for GGG attack exceed congratulations
• President makes Sri Lanka a human rights pariah
John F Kennedy once said that those who make revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
Ranil Wickremesinghe, the country’s new president by default, is on...
Peoples struggle continues amidst political stalemate
By Lankathilaka
Does the President still have a mandate to govern?
Political stability crucial for economic recovery
Crisis hit health sector turns to public for help
For more than nine days now, thousands of protestors...
Torture and inhuman treatment a risk under the PTA
The arrest last week of Wasantha Mudalige, Convenor of the Inter University Students Federation, set off an avalanche of condemnation and protests demanding his release. A larger than life figure...
• Beleaguered President grapples with political tsunami
• Does Sri Lanka need a national airline?
Thousands of protestors have been thronging a make-shift village in the heart of Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo as they try to oust the country’s ruling...
Prime Minister tells Buddhist clergy that he will not resign until the certainty of a replacement
Will the Prime Minister oust the Leader of the Opposition?
It has been three weeks since the start of GotagoHome at Galle Face...
